Zita

Name: Zita
SKU: 9781913641610
Price: 279 SEK
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Author: Zita Holbourne
ISBN: 9781913641610

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A Life of Activism

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvZita Holbourne

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Zita Holbourne is a woman who refuses to stand still in the face of injustice. A poet, artist, and lifelong activist, she has woven creativity and resistance into a single, unbreakable thread. As National Vice President of the PCSU, she has shaped the fight for workers' rights across the UK. As joint National Chair of Artists' Union England, she champions equality in the creative industries with the same fire she brings to every campaign.Zita is a force of nature-her art a protest, her poetry a call to action, her activism a testament to what courage looks like in practice. This is the story of a woman who has never stopped fighting for freedom, equality, and justice-and who inspires others to rise with her.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-11-17
Mått129 x 198 x 20 mm
Vikt296 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
FörlagAurora Metro Publications
ISBN9781913641610

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Zita Holbourne FRSA is a multi-award winning, multidisciplinary artist, author, educator, community activist, equality and human rights campaigner and trade union leader. Her creative practice focuses on equality, freedom, justice and rights and includes work as a visual artist, performance poet, writer and vocalist. She is the author of the book of poetry, Striving for Equality Freedom and Justice, co-author of Roots and Rebellion, winner of the Jessica Kingsley Writing Prize and featured in the award-winning book, Here We Stand, Women Changing the World and recently Encounters with James Baldwin (2024) published by Supernova Books.Zita is the co-founder and National Chair of Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) UK, National Co-Chair of Artists' Union England. She is, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Awards include: Global Diversity List 100, Caribbean Global Awards - Outstanding Global Arts and Culture and Best Global Community Influencer, Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award for Equality Champion, Olive Morris Award, Ethnicity Awards top 100.

OF PREVIOUS WORKThe book [Striving for Equality, Freedom and Justice] is a poetical journey through struggle and resistance, a story of strength, determination and love used to challenge discrimination and injustice, documenting important historical and current struggles from the Haitian Revolution to the Black Lives Matter Movement. This is combined with Zita's personal journey as an activist, mother and artist.